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Looking forward to running around and smashing demons in Devilian once again? The game's second closed beta test is starting up on October 29th at 1:00 p.m. EDT, running until November 2nd at 1 p.m. EST. If you already took part in the first successful closed beta, you're ready to go for the second test. Didn't take part but still...

The mirror universe is colliding with our own in Star Trek Online's Season 11, and it's going to get a whole lot worse before it gets better. Season 11: New Dawn is a massive content update that takes place following the Iconian War, starting with featured episode Sunrise where captains will investigate a dying star. There's also a crossover with...

Halloween is an unstoppable force in the MMO industry and will not be denied to developers and their players. It's that time of year where spooky, creepy, and delightfully nightmarish events erupt across games worldwide, allowing players to indulge in trick-or-treating and costume parties regardless of age. In the spirit of the holiday, Massively Overpowered is proud to present its ultimate...

"The galaxy as we knew it is gone," a familiar voice says in Star Wars: The Old Republic's latest trailer. And so the latest chapter of the SWTOR saga begins, as Knights of the Fallen Empire launches for all subscribers today. Last week the expansion opened to the early access crowd and rolled out the Patch 4.0 changes for the...

Weather can have a pretty big impact on your day-to-day life, even if it's just the difference between being stuck inside over the course of a weekend or going for a walk. The Division isn't letting the idea of weather go to waste, though. Although the chaotic Manhattan of the game's setting is locked in winter, the day-to-day weather...

Lord of the Rings Online players have finally made it to one of Middle-earth's most famous metropolises: Minas Tirith. Today the game has released Update 17: The Siege of Minas Tirith, which finds the titular city in the midst of a pitched battle. Players can explore a new region, Old Anórien, as well as take on two epic battles based in...

What's the next hot MMO import? For many it's the luscious Black Desert, which will be coming out in the west early next year. But for a lucky few, their journey started this week as the sandbox began alpha testing. The alpha test has a level cap of 30, only has the first two zones available, and limits PvP to level...

The first single-player spin-off of The Secret World is finally here, as Funcom's The Park is coming out today. Players in the game visit the MMO's iconic amusement park in a prequel of sorts, taking on the role of a mother looking for her lost son after hours. Of course, since this isn't any ordinary park, she's in for a...

As we belatedly covered yesterday, the developers of upcoming indie MMO Saga of Lucimia believe that group-centric play is the solution to a problem supposedly created by the deluge of "solo-friendly" MMOs that offer "the instant gratification that the entitled hipster generation of ADD players need in order to stay subscribed." Yikes. Without getting into whether soloing belongs in MMORPGs -- an eternal debate...

Online gaming and e-sports are getting bigger by the day, and there are literally hundreds of popular online games out there that don’t really fit into the MMO category. Join me each week for Not So Massively, where I gather together the top stories from the biggest MOBAs, competitive card games, first person shooters, and other popular online games...